Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. CARLIN. At that time we were asking for money to get back. Not
working steadily, because my job requires a good car and mine was out
of commission, at times this man that I worked for with the Motel Drug
Service, which promised me a good job in the future, would come by and
pick me up to help me. And one day he might pay me a little bit of
money to get along on, and I never knew when I was going to get any, so
all we were interested in at the time was getting home. When I gave the
phone to her, she stated we needed the money for rent and groceries.
Mr. HUBERT. You heard that yourself? You heard her say that?
Mr. CARLIN. I do not recall whether she said that at that time. As far
as the money going for rent and groceries, because I didn’t know that
I would have to remember, and in fact I talked to Mr. Tom Thomas about
it, because somebody from the, some authorities, somebody from the FBI
or Secret Service had called to clear up a number of these things on
the phone. In fact, they called almost in the middle of the night, and
I wouldn’t tell them anything. And he said, “Well, if you are not sure
who you are talking to, hang the phone up and call me in the office in
Dallas,” and I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Which night was this?
Mr. CARLIN. I have no idea. We had just come home and the phone rang,
and I don’t really even remember the man’s name. But I called him back
at his office so I would know who I was talking to. It was one of the
men who had talked to her, I believe. I don’t recall his name, but at
the time I did.
Mr. HUBERT. What did he want to talk about?
Mr. CARLIN. A number of questions which we had both already answered.
But he wanted to get them clear again. And then I don’t recall, but for
some reason somebody had called up at one time or another which caused
us to call Mr. Thomas. I was trying to keep my name, because of my
family’s respectability, out, and I wanted Mr. Thomas, who also worked
for the same company my father did, and I didn’t want him brought into
it if I could help. And he said they were either going to subpoena him
to the trial or get a statement from him. And I called him to tell him
this.
Then I mentioned something about the rent. When I took the place I
paid 3 weeks in advance, and then maybe I would go a week and then I
would pay the week before and a week ahead. There was nothing, there
was no particular date that I ever paid the rent. Sometimes ahead and
sometimes I was behind. I do not know for sure that the $25 that we
asked for went for rent at that time or whether we kept it and paid it
when it was due, or whether it went for groceries or medicine, which we
both needed.
But to make a long story short, I presume the reason she said rent and
groceries was those were the two main factors that we needed to exist.
All I am trying to clear up is the fact that I am not sure that I gave
the landlord money for the rent at that time.
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